Sidebar widget on the left from a post

[Milada]

Hi all,

I have a sidebar which is now to the right from the articles on posts/pages (incorporated in the theme). Now I would like to add a widget sidebar that would be to the left from an article (of a post/page).

To register a sidebar, I would use this code:

function wpb_widgets_init() {

	register_sidebar( array(
		'name' => __( 'Main Sidebar', 'wpb' ),
		'id' => 'sidebar-1',
		'description' => __( 'The main sidebar appears on the right on each page except the front page template', 'wpb' ),
		'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
		'after_widget' => '</aside>',
		'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">',
		'after_title' => '</h3>',
	) );

	register_sidebar( array(
		'name' =>__( 'Front page sidebar', 'wpb'),
		'id' => 'sidebar-2',
		'description' => __( 'Appears on the static front page template', 'wpb' ),
		'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
		'after_widget' => '</aside>',
		'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">',
		'after_title' => '</h3>',
	) );
	}

add_action( 'widgets_init', 'wpb_widgets_init' );

Then to position it to the left from an article, the CSS class should be like this?:

.sidebar {
		float: left;
		margin-right: -100%;
		max-width: 413px;
		position: relative;
		width: 29.4118%;
	}

Thank you in advance for your help.

 

Milada

 

[Ingolme]

It really depends on what order the resulting elements are in the HTML and what styles have been applied to the other elements.

I would not set the margin to -100%.

[Milada]

Hallo, thank you for your feedback. How do I find out about the order of the elements in HTML are and the styles? What margin would you set? Thank you in advance, Milada

[dsonesuk]

The layout is determined by the specific template page you use for a single post, category posts, page or archive pages, usually you would have left and right sidebar code to show when required by setting in the sidebar array the id of post or page you wish the sidebar to appear.

[Milada]

I imagine it would be axially symmetric. So to find the parameters, I look for them in the style.css? Could you specify more closely the position? Thank you.

[dsonesuk]

Like I said the sidebars are located in page, single or category php template files, php controls when these sidebars show, css does not control showing sidebars, it is for presentation only.

[Milada]

I have created this code:

genesis_register_sidebar( array(

    'id'        => 'alonside-posts-sidebar',

    'name'      => __('Alonside Posts', 'wellness' ),

    'description'   => __('This is a sidebar that goes alongside the posts in the #content.' ),

) );

add_action( 'genesis_before_loop', 'wellness_alongside_posts_sidebar' );

/** Loads a new sidebar alongside the posts in the #content */

function wellness_alongside_posts_sidebar() {

 

    echo '<div class="alongside-posts-sidebar">';

        dynamic_sidebar( 'alongside-posts-sidebar' );

    echo '</div>';

 }

 

Can you please tell me if it´s correct? I would like to have a sidebar alongside the content on the left? What should be added?

Thank you,

 

Milada